Sen. Elizabeth Warren holds mock swearing-in ceremony

Ceremony held to thank local supporters

The state's newest U.S. senator held a re-enactment of her swearing-in ceremony Saturday at Roxbury Community College in Boston.

Democrat Elizabeth Warren was formally sworn in on Thursday in Washington.

But Warren, the state's first woman senator, decided to hold the mock swearing-in as a way to thank supporters who couldn't trek down to the nation's capital.

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan administered the oath of office.

“I was nervous. I’ve never had a Supreme Court Justice administer an oath to me before,” Warren said after the ceremony. “I confess, I lost a little focus.”

Guests and speakers at the ceremony included Gov. Deval Patrick, Lt. Gov. Tim Murray, U.S. Sen. John Kerry, and retired Congressman Barney Frank.

Kagan, the former dean of Harvard Law School where Warren taught, briefly became an issue during the election that propelled Warren into the Senate and ousted former Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who had opposed her nomination to the high court.

Warren said she is anxious to get to work.

“For me, it’s about running this country for people who work hard and play by the rules. Not just those who have Armies of lobbyists,” she said.

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